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Northern Soul’s Best Reads of 2018
We hoped that 2018 would be an improvement on a turbulent 2016 and an inexplicable 2017. But this year proved that [rubbish] things come in threes. Nevertheless, it wasn’t all doom and gloom. In fact, 2018 was an incredible year for bookworms and writers alike.
Book Review: A Version of the Truth by B.P. Walter
Appearances can be deceptive.
Book Review: These Northern Types, edited by Oli Bentley
Ambitious in the best sense of the word, These Northern Types is nothing less than a frequently discursive disquisition on the nature of Northernness as unapologetically contrary as the North itself.
Review: Kate Atkinson, Manchester Literature Festival
I’m a binge-reader. I used to be someone who hovered over books slowly, drinking them in, pondering, possibly having a really good sniff of the spine.
Poetry Review: Nothing is Meant to be Broken by Mark Connors; Northern Lights by Harry Gallagher
If you’ve ever been to the city of York, you’ll no doubt have fallen in love with it, if not with the hen and stag nights.
Book Review: Slip of a Fish by Amy Arnold
Have you ever read a book that left you astounded?
Review: Andre Aciman, Manchester Literature Festival
I read chapters from Olivia Laing’s The Lonely City in the bath.
Review: Room 103 – a tribute to George Orwell, Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester
George Orwell had relatively little comment on the subject of the visual arts save to say that he didn’t much care for Salvador Dali whose autobiography he described as “simply a strip-tease act conducted in pink limelight”.
Review: Carys Davies and Sarah Moss, Manchester Literature Festival
From ITV big gob (and all-round cockwomble), Piers Morgan has suggested that papoose-wearing fathers look ’emasculated’.
The Northern Soul Awards 2018
The Northern Soul Awards 2018 took place at the stunning Manchester Cathedral on November 15. Here’s our list of winners, along with the Highly Commended and Special Mentions for each category. Congratulations!
https://awards.northernsoul.me.uk/the-2018-awards/the-2018-winners/
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The Northern Soul Poll
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